Rent Strike 1924

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Scotland.

Title: "Rent Strike. Mr. David Kirkwood - the Scottish Socialist, M.P. - addresses Mass Meeting of Tenants on the Clydebank".

C/U of Kirkwood standing on a soapbox giving a passionate speech. Panning M/S over a crowd of men and women cheering and laughing, they men all wear...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24633
Sort Number:
G 1122
Time in/Out:
01:40:38:00 / 01:42:13:00
Canister:
G 1122
Film ID:
356.21
Issue Date:
25/09/1924

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